Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, October 18, 1874, Page 8

THE CHICAGO DAILY TRIBUNE SUNDAY, OCTOBER 18, 1874 i SIXTEEN PAGES. TERMS OF THE TRIEUNE. x ). OF SOBICRIPTION (TATADLE IX ADVAXCE). Trreeks. 5 00! Woekls’ Fertaol )it ine St b ure T al, including State aad Gounts. L L B thay be made eithier by ratt, exproas, Of e pyaer, ortn reqstered leiie 5. BL OUT risk. SEIMR TO CITY SUBSCRIDELS. Y aily, delivered, Sopaay excentea o cente per week. "+ Celivered, Bunday inciuded. M cente por week. “Kagres THR TRIGUNT COMPANY, ‘Carner Madizon and Dearbo Chicags, d give Post G Pos TO-MORROW'S AMUSEMENTS. GRAXD,_OPFT Snerman House. “TOUSE~Clark street, epposite 7 & Loon's Miastrels. S! RA-HOUSFE—3Monmoe stroot, between sixts sad D A T Georgis Miaatrols 4ad variety performance. OOLEY'S THEATRE—Randolph streot, betwees B LaSale. * Tho Sphiz.” MUSIC—Halsted «*reet, bet ween Mad. mimo-Troape. ** Humpty Dumpty." 5 atreet, between el JVICKKR'S THEATRE-Madison strect, batwzen e b HALS' .STREET OF] W TR it 2 HOUSE-Comer Har- P Rperaioon. SOCIETY MEETINGS. R O, 5. Tho GOLDxX RULE LODGE, l\;u‘ ',;25. Ai Insoguration and Dedicatios, Serel :;0:L 23 LaSallest.. on Tut ey Do cozdncted by Tt b e Ftuaical to.bo rendgrod S G ie i Mivs Ciara Dick i o: 31 jitel) 3. Coftin, 15t Tenor: ~Flavey Quartette. Tho Craft and thelr Ladies are re~ Inrited. D. A, Kiinbark, 1st Bast LAFAYRTTE CHAPTER, NO_ 2. R. A. M.--Hall. 73 fon Sonday evening, Ot A R Tt vk on, the M. Degres. Piation Moore-st.—Si 2, 1 1% ocloc) o . itr of the H. P.. B LI tited o attand. by ord rothe L & ON, STR KXIGHTS !—Chiczgo Command- ATTENTI No. Siatod Conclave Soday eveniui, Oct. O N A iock, for basiness sud work s & C. Grder. i rd f the K. C. liting Sir Kaghta fgwited. B erderot e G STAR OF THE WEST LODGE, No. 3, A. P. od tified to members of e e Faren ang Sianki their b reaing next 'S -k, for the nom! Thorsday eveaing next g 88 LN THE WS, Keo. Sec. —— BUSINESS NOTICES. A.—All itend at ta., 03 DR. McCHESSEY, CORNER OF, CLARE AKND Riny S aals the foest and beat full sot of Rl o sTiaraction civen o money refunded. The Chitags Tribune. Sunday Morning, October 18, 1874. WITH SUPPLEMENT. LEGISLATIVE NOMINATIONS. Among the nominstions for tho Legislature made by the Republicsn Convention yesterday, the following can be called first-class: Mr. In- galls for the Senato, snd Mesars. Harvey, Bogue, Hopkios, snd Dubois for the House. A few others, including r. Millard for thoSenate, and Messre. Conrad, Manp, Barker, Dunlap, and Dalton, are neither very good nar very bad. As ‘for the rest, the ticket nceds purging as badly as did that of the Opposition when it wasa firet ‘brought forth. ‘The list of the nominations on the $wo tickets is 2a follows : Digt, Opposition. Fepublican. L Semator: John O, Haines, Georgo E. White, * ™ Repxcsents- 3L, J, Wentworth, Linco:n Dubois, tives: Jared Baas Martin Conrad.’ 3. No Senator, Beprescnta- John Hise, Georgo M. Bogue. tves: 8ol P, Hupkine, b i XA Kot - Sona Thlsin, Represe: . AL -Hel) uves: Q. L. Nieboff. & Xo Senator. i Bepresents- W. H. Condon, M. M. Miller, tives: 0. L. Mann, Charles E. Moore, §. Benator: John Buebler, C. J. Linderbourg " Beyresents- M. J. Dunze. tives: 3. BL Arwedson. Charles Scharizn, & Xo Eenator. Represents- Qbadish Jackson. Joet D, Harves. al tivea: ‘W. L. Stirkuey. Jobn C. Barker. Robert Thien. 7. Ssnator: 3. W, Roliuson, George A, Ingalls. Bopresents~ William Friese, = George Dunlap. tHves: D. C. Bkelly. Charles H, Dalton, Under the system of minority representation which now prevails s majority of the nomins- tions are equivalent to an election. In the First District, the Republicans have al- ‘lowed themselves to be disgracefally imposed upon in the nomination for Sevator. There is not & deceni and respectable citizen of any party who will hesitate to vote for John C. Haines in preference to the man White. The election of the latter would be o disgrace to the city. For Represontatives, Moses Wentworth and Lincoln ‘Dubois are very creditable. As baut three candi- dates can be elected, the voters will have to choose which one of the other two to discard. In the Becond District, tho three candidates Messrs. Hise, Hopkins, and Bogue, will bo elect- ed, end the delegation will be an excellent one thronghout. In the Third District, Miles Eehoe will un- questionably be elected Scmator. There being o opposition, the Representatives to be elected are Messrs. Halpin, Niehoff, and Thielan. Hal- pin is 8 map of education, and was & member of thelast Legislature. Niehoffina respectable Ger- man lawyer. Concerning Mr, Thielan we have S0 information. In the Fourth District, the Representatives to ‘be elected are Mesars. Condon, s member of the last Legislature, and a respectable citizen ; Gon. 0. L, Marn, and M. 3L Miller, The selection of Mr. Miller was unfortunate to say the least. In the Fifth District, tho opposing candidates for Senator are Jobn Buehler and Charles E. Moore. As regards fitness and capacity, the boncrs are easy—that is, neither of them is fit to be voted for. The chances of election are in favor of Buehler. Thers are three Represents- tives to be chosen and four candidates to choose from—Dunne, Arwedson, Linderbourg, and Scharlan. Dunne and Arwedson are both cred- Uable nominations, and will probably be elected ; the third will have to be chosen from the other two. In tho Bixth District, no Senator is to be alected, and thero are fivo candidates for tho threo places of Reprezentatives. If the Republi- cans divide their vote it is possible that the Oppoaition may elect all three of their eandi- datos,—Mesars. Jackson, Btickney, aod Thien. The Republican candidates are Messrs. Harvey And Barker. Mr. Harvey is a citizen of the highest standing, and will probably be elected, onless the Republicans attempt toelect two can- didates and thus divide their strength. In the Soventh District (the towns outside the city), the candidstes for Senstor are L W. Robinson and George A. Ingalls, both of whom are very oxcatlont gentle- swen and lawyers of ability. The candidates for Depresentatives—so far a8 we know—on both ticketa are, personally, respectable, . It will be seen, therefore, that the eontested cazes aro very few. These aro forSenator in the First Diatrict, where thero onght to be no two opinions as tothe rosult, and for SBenator in the Beventh District, where both candidates are un- objectionable. - The contests for Representa- tives are confined to the choice of the thixd man in the First, Fifih, Sixth, aud Seventh Districts, As between the opposing candidates in these cases, thiare is bat littls room for serious mis- take. N Of ths siz nemainations for County Commiy- sioners made by the Republican Convention, thoso of Mr. Avery Moore and Mr. E. K. Beach are strictly firat-class, snd that of Mr. K. Nierson in unobjectionable. Of the other three we have no information sufficiently precise to base an opinion upon. THE FUTURE OF AMERICAN POLITICS. Any American engaged in “ the noblest study of mankind™ must have noticed the despair with whicls the average citizen regards our national polisica. The foolicg is openly expressed. It is shown, besides, 1 tho apathy of the men who ought to be most deeply interested in politics; in the support given papers like the lately doparted Imperialist, which had s brilliaot, though brief, carecr; and in the interest which tha prepostorous third-term dogms bas excited. It is worth while to inquire whether we &re so vors much worse off than our forefathars, and whether there aro no signs of a good time coming suflicient to justify hopoe rather than despair. There is some smsll consolation.in the refloo- tion that our aucestors were not as angelic poli- ticians as we are apt to think: IIuman pature Dbas not changed since 1789. The opportunitiea for corruption have increased, to be sure, but tho ability to resist lemptation has probably not been weakened. Men yield more oiten because the temptations are greater. A poor, thinly- settled country, with mo powerful corpora- tions, offered smsll chance of plunder com- pared with & rich, well-peopled, corpora- tion-ridden nation. It is but matural that the Iatter should supply more cases of offi- cial corruption than the former. We may, how- ever, traco & perceptible heightening of the moral tone of the nation in some cases. Noman could now imitste with impuoity * the God-like Webster " by using his official position to beneflt the merchants whoso bounty paid his debts. The overthrow of slavery was the result of po- litico-moral causes. Thore was a moral revolu- tion between the Fugitive-Slave Law of 1850 and the Emaucipation Proclamation of 1803, After making due allowance for these facts and for newspaper exsggeration of the present ovils, we shall still find & residuum of corruption of which our ancestors wére happily unaware, It seems to be the resnlt of four msin causes. These are increased temptation, immigration, tha influence of the War, and the long dominion of cuse politi- cal party. p There 18 ground for the hope that most of these causes will vex us but little looger. The increaso of temptation cannot bo ganinsaid, but we may well argae that the popular condemna- tion of land-grants, subsidies, protective daties, and the kindred sources of Congressionsl temp- tation, is acquiring such strength with each new year that the whole system of subsidy will ere long be abandoned. Immigration bas been cut down to rezaonable limits. Tho foreigners who seek our shores find here large numbers of their fellow-countrymen who havo become American- ized. They consort with thew and so hasten greatly the nesdful process of sssimilation. The German who lands in New York now will be » much better American citizen in 1879, when his five years of probation have passed, than his predecessor who landed in 1830 was in 1835. He will more thoroughly appreciate our institutions. He will be leas likely to be led by a demagogue. Moreover, his home education will have been better. The kad influence of the War is grad- ually dica) poaring. Constituencies sre beginl ning to cot s1d 't alleged gallantry in the field as an insufficient excuso for imbecility or knavery in Congress. The 8onth Carolina patriot who pleads that he ought not to be prosecuted for official embezzlement in 1874 because he com- manded & colored company in 1864, is out of date in most of the Btates. There is a no- ticeable decay of party feeling. Non-partisan questions are takiog a strong hold on the public mind. Independent movements in regard to local issues are succeeding, Young men, freo from the preiudices of the antediluvian, ante- War period, are beginning to make their power felt. The last, snd most important, reason for hope is the epread of education. The public- echool eystem is growing. The non-decomina- tional colleges are crowded with stadenta, Yale and Harvard were never so prosperous. While the youth of the countryare being taughtin these ways, the multiplication of pewspapors and of books is instructing their elders. A tro- mendous battle is waging against ignoranco. 8uch efforts cannot be in vain. ‘The law of progress which hss ruled humanity hitherto will ruleit still. We are faithless to our belief in the power of knowledge if we think that our politics must necessarily grow worse. The spe- cific for the present corruption is plain. All power is in the masses. The Gov- ernment will represent them. Their condi- tion, then, must be raised. Their physical culti- 'vation shou'd be sedulously cared for. Building- laws, and drainage, and parks, and provisions for pure sir aud e food all come into play here. Their mental cultivation should be as earnestly promoted by schools, and colleges, and museums, and galleries, aod loctures, and books, and newspapers. Whoever is doing zood, honest work in pushing forward any of thexa many things can congratulate himselr that heis busily eogaged in purifying the politics of his country. ‘WOMEN AS FINANCIERS. Mra. Julia Ward Howe is right in attributing a great part of the weakness of women to {heir want of money and to their ignorance of money affairs, The.want of money narrows their edu- cation. A father will pay any pricé within his power to insure 2 good education for his sons, because he knows that they can utilize tho knowledge they gain. Becauss he does mot know this about Ius danghters, he is loth to lavish money on their schoolng. We know of & case in point. The dsughter of & vory weslthy merchant was suddenly brought to a stop in ber studies by the refusal of her father to buy the instraments she necded. In most cases, the stop would have been final. The girl would have folded her hands in despair and sunk back into the dall rousine of the average young lady'slife. In thisparticularcase the girl wrote & book and was paid forit. Then sbe learned how to finish photographs and worked in a studio until the rest of the sum needed was made up. We cannot expect the majority of girls to show such pluck. In married lite, the wifé's petitions for money are often humilisting and cramping. A husband cannot keep s deposit in his house for his wife's beoefit, for it would be exposed to burglars. He cannot open anaccount for ber at the bank. Ehe would not know how toget at the money. In business enterprises, men can borrow readily, while women cannot. This is a great hinderanca. It is not the result of & conspiracy on the part of the tyrant sex to, prevent feminine compotition in Lusiness, It comes from & well-founded distrust of woman's financial capacity. Thus Igmorance of money Affairs is partly responaible for want of money. s ia reapensibls, (00, £or Lhe Yeiy many cases of sbuscs of trusts by which widows and daugh- ters have boen suddenly reduced from pleaty to penury. ‘It makes womsn the ever-réady victim of the wild-cat enterprises. thal ‘the roligions .press lends its aid to. Jay Cooke and Henry C. Bowen have probably. beggared hondreds of women by their puffing of the Northern Pacific insecurities, This ignorance frequently divides husband and wife. Tho two things in which the average man is most deeply interested are money matters and politica. It is fashionable for women to be ignorant of both. . Thero are any number of wives in this city who, consider it *womanly ™ to claim that they know nothing of such thivgs. They parado tho fact that at this point a gulf lies between their hus- bands and themselves as though it were some- thing to be proud of. An ordinary man would stare if he were asked whetherhis wife aided bim in mokiog his investments, and yet many » man who bas failed in his business would Lave been in better shape financially if he had taken the advice of a sensible wife. TFeminine extrava< gance, which has ruined tens of thonsands of me, is largely the result of feminine ignorance of the value of money. MMma. Livermoro was right in ssying that tho womaa who earned her owa money would not be Likely to give $200 for's lace handkerchief. The remedy for the ovils we have tonched upon is in discussion gnd in participation in affairs. The Woman's Congress has done s good thing in making the topic s prominent one. Some of the attendants upon it have done better by showing in their own lives what women can do 1o the way of making and keeping moncy. Mrs. Howe's suggestion of a Woman's Bank, which sbould be owned and managed by women, and should loan money ouly to women, is thoroughly sensi- ble. Such an ipstitution would not only attract the attention of very many women to finance, but would help many others to start in business on their own account. The Workingmen's Banks of Schultze-Delitsch have sensibly bet- tered the condition of the working classos of Germsny. We doubt mot that the Woman's Bank of Mis. Howe would in time do as greats work smong the women of America. If her suggestion is to be carried into effect, now is an excellent time todo it. Why should not such an inatitution be started in Chicago, before the Congress ia two woeks 0ld? We have had ‘s good deal of talk about what women ought to do. Now let us see wome of them praciice what they preach. E CARDINAL CULLEN ON THE BALLET AND [HE OPERA. The prodaction of Balle’s posthumous opern of “The Talisman,” in Dublin, bas been made tho occasion of some very curious procoedings by Cardinsl Cullen. On Sunday, Sept. 27, he caused & pastoral to be read {rom all the Dublin Roman Catholic pulpits desouncing the per- formaance 28 a shameless barlesque upon C: olic religious ceremonies. Ie particularly in- veighs againat the repescntation of altars, con- mers, and lights, thereligious procedsions, the rep- resentation of nuns by ballet-girls, and the chant- ing of religious music by the actors. The good Cardinal sees in all this ouly & snare of the eaemy and an sattompt to undermine the faith and corrapt the morals of the people, 80 that he may destroy their ancient Church, wiich ocould not be overthrown by exile, ths prison, the aword, or otber violen: forms of per- secution.® On this account he forbids the Cath- olies of Dablin from visiting the theatre to wit- ness any performance of “The Talisman.” In conclusios, His Eminence romarks : ¢ Is it not disgracefil to violats the seclusion of those spouses cf Jesus Christ, and to have them repre- sented on the stage by dancing girls, who so often 6ffond modest eyes by their want of dress and by their improper signs or gestures, and who seem to be employed as & stumbling-block for the fall and ruin of the nomary 7" * All this is sufficiently dreadfal, but at the same time 1t is very remarkable. If this were the first time that Roman Catholic ceremonics bad been introduced upon the Isric stage, one might not he surprised at the horror of the Car- unal, and at his firm conviction that poor Balfe, who was a good Catholic, introduced these cere~ monies a8 a stumblinz-block to the unwary and 28 ap sncient enemy of the Cburch. Bat itis pot the first time, They have been produced slmost innumerable tinies, and without protest. Hzaa the Cardinal nover heard of * Robert the Dovil,” with its famous scene where the nuns ariee from their graves and poedily appenr as fuli-fledged ballet-girls in short skirts and span- gles? Aud yet *Robort the Devil” has never been made the subject of a pastoral by Cardinal Cullen, or any other Cardinal! Aod it was com- posed by a Jew! There is a most ludicrous pro- cession of monks in the “Crown Diamonds,” carrying a bpgus corpse and chanting the burial service in the most lugubrious .manner; the peoudo monks being bandits and eonaterfeiters. Why not pronounce the ban against Auber's sacrilego? There is a procession of monks in “Favorita,” snd a display of sacri- legious love. Why s itj|played withoat protest in all Catholic countries ? Priests are placed upon the stage in ** The Huguenots " in & manner calcalated to create popular prejudice agaiost them, and yet * Tho Huguenots” to-day is the most popular of all operas in Catholic France, and_ will open the mew Paris Opara- ‘House withont protest. Thero ia s church-scens in * Foust,” which, when properly played, intro- daces the whole paraphernalia of the Church service, and in which Mephisto overcomes the Virgin Mary in the temptation and ruin of poor Marguerite. AR this is done with- out protest. The Oardinal protests against ihe singing of religious music because **it ia discordsant and disgusting.” Innumerable ope- ras have music of the Catholic Church in them, notably the * Sicilisn Vespers,” *Don Carlos,” * Maritano,” “Fra Diavolo,” * The Huguenots,” much of it in the form of prayers,—a species of composition in which the operatic compolém have always taken a special delight. Bossini, and Meyerbeer, aud Wagner, always prided them- sclves npon their Iyric prayers. Now, it is highly probable, in the natural counse of things, that these prayors and the other religious music hive been many timessung in s manner both discordant and disguating. It has been our own oxperience to hearthem done in this manner very often. They are done £0 all over the world, and quite a fra- quently in Dublin 88 in any othercity. Why not protest against o1l these opersa? It is diffi- cult to conceive why the Cardinal should have singled out this particular opera for the display of hie displeasurs. - Was it owing to the fact that Cardinal Collen is sa Irishman, that Balfa 'was of Irish birth, and that the opors was givén in =n Irish city to an Irisn audicnos, and becruse two Irishmen can mnever -agree about aoything? Such ‘s combination of Hibernizn . characteristics has more than oncs provoked hostility. But, ss Balfe himsslf was a good Catholi¢, and nearly all the fidels, ho might have been spared, eepecially as nelther the Cardinal nor any of his tlock aver lifted their finger to help him while liviog, and allowed him to live and die neglected, although he was a native of Dublin. Now thathe is dead, bis oporas begin to succeed, and his statue has been erected. THE SURDAY SHAESPEARE S0CIETY. ‘We noticed, o few weeks since, that a Sunday Shakspeare Society had been formed by London artisans as s result of the excursions of mochan- jcs to Stratford-op-Avon, under the auspices of the Natioual Sundsy League. The Society has attained astonishing proportions. It was thrown open to both women and men. So many of each gex joined it that it has been necessary to divide it into three or four classes. They meet 2t3:15p. m. ench Sunday in the rooms of the League and in tbe London College fofiAen snd Women, The plays are to be read in the order of thetr supposed composttion. They are rogularly cast. Each member of the class is potified beforehnnd of the character which bo or she is to assame. As both sexcs take part, expurgated editions are used. When tho play has beon read, the person whoso turn it is to preside either reads a short paper, or speaks for not more thaa ten minutes, on ita meaning, characteristics, boauties, defects, allusions, etc. Discussion follows. This ig pro- longed until after tea bas been served. Tho class then adjourns. The memkbers can either go home or can stay to the Leaguo's regular en- tertainments, which are styled **Sunday evén- ings for the People,” and are somewbat on the plan of the Chicago Sunday-afternoon lectures. The cost of tho teas and of the necessary books of roforence ia dofrayed by s charge of $1.25 for each six meeiings. The reference library consists of Gervinus' * Commentaries,” Mrs. Jumieson’s ** Charscteriatics of Womon," Cola- ridge's “ Liectures on Sbakspeare,” Dr. Abbott's ¢ B8hakspearcan Grammar,” Schlogel's **Dra- matic Literature,” Hazlitt's ‘ Characters of Shakspeare's Plays,” Hadson's ** Life, Art, and Character of Shakspeare,” Schmidt's ‘‘Sbak- speare Loxicon,” aod Armitage Brown's *Son- nets of Shakspeare.” We give this list in full for the benefit of persons who may thiok of starting some such beneficent club. Bat we wish to call especia! attention to the fact that these ‘books are bought by Eunglsh mechsnics and small shopkeepers for the sake of self-improve- ment, If the reader will but try to imagine the difficalty of inducing & scoro of Chicago ar- tisaus to pay $1.25 apieca for the sake of meet- ing six times toresd snd discuss the plass of Shakspeare, he will realizo the gulf that is open- ing between them and thew English fellows. Unable to find instruction and rational ester- taiument on his one day of leisure, the American artisan is not keeping pace with the Europesne. who make the most of their opportunities. The Eunglish reviews declaro that Germany is steadily sapping the commercinl supremacy of Great Britain, because, sud only because, her standard of educstion is higher. Tho raising of this standard in England has had some striking re- sults. Inthe London Exposition of 1851, tho art-manufactures of Great Britain were almost at the bottom of the list. Bchools of art wero started 1o every large towa soon afterwards. In tne Paria Exposition of 1867, these manufactures were almoat at the top. As the Nation says, “Thig was tho result simply of hard work ; no one hag ever mauntained that the Anglo-Saxon race is by genins artistio.” If wo are to com- pete with our rivala in the markets of the world, we must givo our wealtli-makers the knowledge that is power. It is unfair to compare London with Chicago, but it is safe to say that in our Baven largest citiea, which containod, in 1870, an aggregate populatin as large as that of London, notone-tenth 28 much is done for the technical treining and general culture of the workingman es in ths world's motropolis. The Bunday Shakepeare Society is but one small sign of that largo fact. BCHCOLS AND STRIKES. The Earl of Rosebery, President of the Social Scionce Congress held at Glaegow Sept. 30, opened its seseion with a thoughtful sddress on the labor question. It contained some interest- iog facts on tho relation between schools aud strikes. Among the most bitter and bloody strikea on recordare thoso of the Belgian miuers, in April, 1869, and of the French iron-workers at Crouzot, in January, 1870. The latter was sup- presscd by bayonets. It was the herald of the Commune, In both Bolgium and France, 80 per cent of the population can peither resd nor write. Doth countries supply the world with ite wildest political and social theorios. The English labor troubles which wers most de- structive to property were those in 1830 between farmers and farm-laborers. They were causod by the introduction of labor-saving machinery. “ The winter nights of 1830 wero bright with blazing rick-yards.” The laborers who commit- ted theee outrages were the most ignorant class of freemen in Christondom. There were no schools for thom. On the other hand, 8axony, which {8, according to Earl Rosebery, * the best educated country in the world,” rarely, very rare- 1y, suffers from strikes. In Wurtemberg, where every person over 10 years of ago canread or write, eirikes aro unlmown. Again: the most distressing strikes in England of Iate have been those of the colliers. Of the better class of them.who attend the night gchools, 58 per cent could not, in 1867, when the schools were opened, read. We may montion, as a collateral fact, that, twelve years after compul- sory education was enforced in Prussia sgainst the outery of *“invaded rights,” * interference,” etc., crime and pauperism decreased 40 per cent. These instances, ‘With others that might be giv- en, show that echools and striles are opposing forces. The more education, the less waste of productive power and the less wrangling between masters and men. If thie i3 trne as the result ot ordingry schoolig, who ean estimate the benefits of & systewatio training of the young in the elementary principles of political economy? Any boyof 12 can be taught why s strike is wrong in theory and pernicious in prac- tico. An hour a day devoted to a toxt-book Prepared for youog pupils would teach sn ordi- nary scholar, in o year, more political economy then an aversge man now learns in a life-time. 1t is the professed aim of our public-school sys- tem to prepare the young to be good citizens. On this ground, the rising by taxstion of'the millions needed to sapport the schools is justi- fied. It is shamefnl that the stndy which, sbove all others, makes good citizens, shounld £ind no place in thelr curriculum, The operatic performance for next Wednesday evening at McVicker's Theatre is one which ap- peals very forcibly to the charitably-disposed people of Ohicago, Ou that ‘ovening tho man- agement of the troupe has Lindly consented to give s performancs of “ Don Glovanni "—the fits$ parformance of which was the grandest ofber sampiesin hive béini sithar Sius & les | soiosss wf s Bstbom—ddi Chb hackdd & chd ! Hahnemson Hospital F: h takes place in November. The claims of this Hoapiial npon the city deserva a prompt and hearty recogui- tion, and there is no pleasaater way- to disburse money for charity than to disburse it for operatia enjoyment and in witnessing such an excel- lent performance as this will be. As the Fair Committee is composed of the most prom- inent Iadies in this city they will undoubtedly take ouch an interest in this bepofit that the house will be filled, Ar. Hess’ liberslity in this direction, we trust, will secure s bandsome sum for the Hospital. It wasa gracefal act upon kis own part, and it cught to ba met by the public in the largest and freost manner. If the ladies of the Committee devoto their timo from now until Wedneeday night for this benefit, there is no doubt that the theatro will be crammed to overflowing. % THE REVIVAL OF ITALY. Ttaly s, at the present time, undergoiog s social transformaiion greater than any other country in Europe. Compared with ber, other nations nre at rest. Her statesmen are resolved to renew Ler face entircly ; to bamsh from her, forever, the medimval epirit which has for cen- tores lingered about bor. National unity had long been tho aspiration of Italian atriots. They have obtainedit. But the causes which hav ‘urged them to seek national unity have prompted them also to endeavor to impress an ent : ew characteron their comntry. This, they sa * long ago, they could effect only by ob-~ taining control of public education ; and thoy have accordingly been endeavoring to bring sbout a completo revolation in their system of public instruction. The difficulties in the way of such a reformation were, and are, immense. Italy had lonyg been broken up into several small States. Each State had its own system of cducation. Then, again, what schools there wero, especially thoee for the education of the lower clagses, wero entirely nnder the contiol of tho clergy. - When the doctrioe of the separazion of Church and State began to obtain, and to be acted upon, in Italy, it became imperative, of course, to take the education of the people out of the hands of the clergy. In1865, there were, in Piedmont and Lombardy, 850 males in every 1,000 who could either read por write, In Tuscany the proportion was 470 to every 1,000. In Naples and Sicily it waa 802 in every 1,000. Among tho females tho caso was much worse. In every 1,000 0f the female sox in Lombardy sod Piedmont there were 450 who could meitber resd nor write. The women of Naplos and Sicily wers nearly all illitorate, 94 per cent of them never having had the advan- tages of education. The number of schools to the population was lamentably small. In the most favored placo there was but one echool to overy 521 inhabitants. In Naples and Sicily the number of inhabitants to a school was 2.433. In Piedmont and Lombardy only one-thirteenth of the children of school-age went to school; in Naples a0d Sicily only one-seventy-tbird! Mat- ters, however, are improving. Since (he publi- cation of the report from which these figures aro taken, the number of schoots in all Italy bas increased prodigiously. 1In 1862, there were 28,490 schools in the conntry. Ten years later thera wero 43,3%0. The increass in atterd- ance kept pace with the incrense of schools. The number of children in attendanco was, in 1861, 801,202; in 1872, 1,717,351, There are 400,000 childron attending the night schools alono. Great opposition was made to the ox- clusion of religions teaching from the schools ; butit was carried as a logical consequence of the separation of Church and State. There has been considerablo discussion sbout making education compulgory. Dut- if that measure were carried into effect there would not be room in the schools for one-balf the children. Itis estimated that there aro in the conntry 4,000.000 children of school-going age. Compulsion would bo absurd 8o long as there is not school accommodation for half that number. It would seem that the * school-marm™ is becoming ss popular in Ttaly ss in America. Of 104 normsl schools established by the Government, 64 are for young women and 40 for young men. To tho examins- tions in theso ijustitutions the pgirla stand uniformly higher than the men. This is, 10 part, explainable by the fact that those young women are very ambitious to obtain situations aa teachers, while the young men of Italy, like those of our own conutry, prefer cther and moro Iucrativo flelds of activity. Ttaly ie sopplied with numerous schools for higher education. The course of studies com- bines jthe classical ana the scientific branches. The famous old universities of Italy still live, but tho theological faculties have ‘been abolished sinco 1870. The abolition of the- ological studios had indeed become a necessity. In sll tho universities the number of theological students had dwindled down to twenty-four, while the number ot Professors was twenty- seven. Looking at the present educational condition of Italy, there is still much to bo desired. Her schools are neither a8 numerous nor &s good a8 her interests demand. Looking, however, at what has been done in ten years, the country is to bo congratulated. Should the land be blest with peace for s few more decades, there is every prospect that Italy will have a system of schools which will compare favorably with that of any ‘European country, Germany, perhaps, excepted. The following official staterent of the condi- tion and wants of the Newsboys' Home is made for the purpose of ehowing how little further aid is required to put into practical operation one ot the most deserving of our city charities : Tothe Editor of The Chicage Tribune : Bm: Woask your atténtion to the following state- ment in regard to our Newsbogs’ Home : The new huiiding will cost when completed and Mouey received from subscriptions and dona- . $11,000 6,000 3,000 The lota ara valued at $30,000, and paid for. When this sum of $3,000 is raised, a property worth $30,000, and free from alé incumbrance, will be devoted 10 the care and education of homeless boys, N. 8, BouTox, E. K. ivpmarp, 8.3 Mooze, XN, i, FAmaAsE, Dr. B, C. Mrires, Executive Committee. The proceeds of the Central Hall entertain- ment (about $400) having siready been received for ticketa so0ld, will apply towards the §3,000 needed. The amount 2aked is cartainly very in- mignificant when compared with the greatand permanent good which such an iostitation ean sccomplish, and will no doubt be resdily col- lected if tho necessary effort be put forth. The great art sale at the Exposition Buildings, as will be observed by an advertisement else- whare, takes plsce on Tueadsy, Wednesdsy, and Tharsday evenings of this week, at ths Art Gsllery. What thesa picturss are we nsed not asy, for, during the paat faw wesks, they have .in the porth of Spain. people. Thero are 487 pai bracing works of the American, French, Ger: map, Belgian, and Roman schools, constitating probably the finest cotlection ever exbitited in the West, aid ~one,k of the finest ever geen in . this country. This sale will af- ford buyers such - sn opportunity as they have never had before and may never have sgain. For tha prospective advantage of art in this city, it is to be hoped that many of these beautiful works will remain here. It is the only important event in art which has happened here since thoe fire, and the only art sale of any con- sequence. Ifit is not improved, it maybe a long time before buyera will have another sach opportonity. It is 2lso to be considered that a fair degreo of patronage now will materially help the next exhibition. ° — SPAIN AND THE SPANIARDS. SPAIN AND THE SPANTARDS. 8y N. L. THIEBLIY, “Agamat-Batuk.” In Two Volumes, 12mo., pp. 330 3nd 316. London: Hurst & Blachett, M. Thieblin has been known aa & racy writer for the Euglish press sinca 1863. He firat ac- quired distinction wlile in command of the for- eign department of the Pall Mall Gazelle, and afterwnrd eostained a brilliant reputation as correspondent for the samo paper during the Franco-German war. Sabssqaently, the New York Herald engaged his services as special re- porter from Spain ; and from March to Octobor, of the year 1873, Le was a vigilant observer of the Carlist campaign. Tho result of his sesrching inquiries into the life and character of the Spanish people, a3 well as into the copduct of the Carliet forces, is embodied in the work before us. We have had no modern treatise upon Spain which eqaals it i tho extent and value of its information. In saying this, we do not forget the charming volume of ** Wander- ingsin Spaint” by Augastus Hare, which ranks foremost among thelate contributions to our knowledge of this interesting, little-known, and undervaluod country. Bt mo writer, howeer gcholarly, aud indefatigable in his observation aod research, enjoys the opportunity for wide aud accurate inzpection that is quickly afforded the ** special correspondent.” Tith the superior facilities which the latter commands, and with the peculiar ability and training he generally brings to tue performamce of bis work, Lo is. sable to catch the spirit, sud the purpose, and the drift, of any etbject, civil, natural, or human, that he Is set to stady, as no other specimen of the geous homo can. If, to crown his qualifications, he has, 28 in M. Thieb- lin’s case, the mastery of s graphic peo. he wiil tell the most fn the least spaco, of inst thoes matters which are of chief importance, and which the world shocld best understand. 3l Thieblin entered Spain by way of Bavonne and Biarritz, and penetrated to the Carlist camp, which was, in the epring of 1873, located Ho wasg cordially wel- comed and hospi:ably entertained by Gen. Elio, the commander of the Caclist army, sud court- eously honored with every advauntage for obtain- ing whatever information he sought. Hewas even accorded the uncommon privilege of en inter- view witb Don Carlos, who was at the time hid- ing io the isolated Chateau of St. Lou, in the Landes, on the French frontier. After a two hours’ tete-a-tete with the Prince, duriag which conversation and cigarettea wors equally froe and agreeable, M. Thieblin produced the fol- lowing sketch of Lis sffable companion : The present pretender to the throne of Spain, styled by bis followers Charles VIL, and by the word at large Don Carlos ds Bourbon, Duke of Madrid, is 25 years of age, having been bora in Austria in March, 1843, Heiss powerful-looking man, about 6 feet 1; aud, In his frank but somewbhat curt manner, reminds one’ of the Emperor Alexacder of Russia when be waa somo twenty-five years younger. His fice, mmce he began to wear & full beard, Lus bocomo quite handsome, thongh & slights Iy-slobbering sspect of his mouth, and the deficiency of teeth, beroditary in the Spanish Bour- bou Liouse, not being in harmony wit hus manly phys- ical appearance, spoil the first pleasing impression. Ho i easy of access, and without any trace of haugliti- ness. When seon on horseback at some distance, es- pecially when salotiog people and frankly taking off his Basque cap, be has something picturesque sbout bim. His bearing in private Life resembles that of the younger sons of the English nobl.ity who nase entered ihe profocsions. Like them, he seems to hiave s czpo- ity of eaduring, for a while, any amouat of hardskip with great serouity of tepiper. Of the_sovereign, the stalesman, oF the warrior, there i3 absolutely nothing in him. 1ut ho i8 very fond of playing Lhie part of King,—that 18 to say, of thou-ng everybody in “the old fashion af Bpanish Kings, not exclading even his counci'ors, some of whom are thrice his age; and of surrvunding himself with a large number of Chamberlins, Aide-de-Camps, Secretaries, snd similar people, all of whom have no other merit or duty than that of fattering his pride. T suw, wyself, genuine Spanish novlemen carrying away alops after Don Carlos had washed himself, and buaily engaged in soeing tlat his top-boots and spurs were properly polished. He is undoubtedly religious man; but there Is much less_bigotry about him thsn ia gonerally supposed, and, for sil I could observe, the Spanish clergy do Dot seem Lo exercise any undue in- fluence on his mind. . . . Like the majority of Spaniards, he is & bad Horseman, and in sbout s month’s time I saw him ruin threa excel- lent horses. . . . AB an individual, he is brave and kind-bearted ; he is an excellent father, and is amiable and polite to ‘everybody. He sleeps much, and smokes much, and is rathar ¢ hen-pecked” by Doua Margarita, Duchess of Parma, whom he married in February, 1807, and by whom be has two daughters sud 3 son,—the eldest, Infunta Blancs, being 5 years old, and the youngeat, Infants Elvir, 2 years, His son, Infanto Jsime-Charles, who, according to his parents’ beliaf, will have some day to play the rols of Charlea VIIL, was born on the 2 1 of June, 1870, Dous Margarits has the reputation of being a ve clover womsan, Handsome sue is certainly not, though, in ber stature, fair -r, and bluo eyes, thera is, on the whole, sowething rather attractive, But surely no .one would take her for a Queen of Spain. . . . Beiug a year older than ber busband, and of & moro decided cast of mind, she exercises, undoubtedly, great influence over Don Carlos ; and, if she had not hersclf been at times under tho influeuce of Jesuits and peity courtiers, her counseis and views would probably have bad upon Don Carloa s ealutary intlueuce. At all events, she reads much more than her husband, and s {fsr more accomplished. L Thieblin experienced ridicalously little dan- ger sud difficulty 1 traveling in Spain, while the country was supposed to be plunged in the Lorrors of civil war. The Spanish soldiers are the best-natured fellows in the world, and per- formed their duties in the mildest aod most un- military manner imsginable. Except for the slight fortideations in the villages, and the ocea- sional appesrance of an armed man, tho tou- rist would havo little suspicion thsi 2o internecine atruggle was passing on around him. Repuoblicaps and Carlista were on the friendliest terms with each other; and both hed, as usual, au abundance of leisure snd plessure in their lives. M. Thieblin was hard pressed, much of the time, to find the san- guinary materials for coloring his dispatches to the Herald in the expected sensational crim- gon. The memorable Wednesday on which oo~ carred the Federalist coup, d'etat, tho enterpris- ing journalist waited in vain all day long, on his balcopy overlooking the Puerto in Madrid, for the spectacle of a fight. There was no robbery, no destruction of property,—not 5o much as a ‘poor little quarrel betwosn a couple of pugua- cious civilians,—to reward his anxiety for bratal acd bloody proceedings. But there was no dearth of entertaining incidents and of inter- esting people to occupy his aftention. The Conntees of Montijo was residing in Madrid, and AL Thieblin had the entreo of Ler salon. The mother of the ex-Empress of the French is al- ‘most blind now; but her mind is s« freal and bright 38 ever, and her housa remains still the centre where all notabilities conzregate in Madrid. {:J called on the Counters exrly in the afternoon, and found her alone, seated in her {avorite, artificialiy-darkened corner of a vast hall, teaneformed into a winter-garden. The con- veraation fell quite naturally on tho events of the day, and the old Isdy, st all times 3 capital talker, wzs morn animated thanever, . . . Everyday,athalf-past7, s0me half-s-dozen frienda it dowd at the Countem’ ing, alweys 6o deliclous that it compunsates omo for all “the mizerabls Spanish dishes which one may havo been compelled to swallow 1n the most out-of-the-way cornersof Estremadnra or La Manche, A littls after 9 the doors of ber drawing- Toom are opened, and some more gussts, belonging to all shades of political opinions, come to salute the old 1ady, to Listen to what ahe nas w"fl onthe topics of the dsy, and now and then to afford her the opportu- nity of having 5 talk of the olden days, when her eld- st daughter, the Duchess of Alba, before whose boan- tiful £ portrait she is always sitting, was still slive; or of those mezrer days when other daugliter had bt to mourn the losa either of & bus- band 6r an Linperial crown. The Countess watches with great interest the state of Eaglsh populae opinicn with reference io Spaln. Her Englieh Isdy-companton reads to her every dsy some London pawspsper; snd, next to such par- 58 may haj 10 be in it ngs to be sold, em- | ing events, of Interviaws Ppublican leaders snd duungu;fx:;’f‘ b ud g, and of the affairs of camps, with » 1 10, £0v0n years’ war. of the fartang of o0t Amaaoo, and of the ra:pective rigyyy o, T £0 and Don Carlos to the throne of o, Upher. - hxn:?ncal Ppassages materially inere, s Thesy of bis work. Bucwe pass them by o 2% g tiochapters pon Spaish Sghiing % "k Figoeras, Marshal Serrano, ang s' e, g licsnism, with the bare commnr ulb.:gh ] wortl carefal reading; and turatp tng o 2% 2t in which the author Rracefully b;d.'fi “Adios]” Tn thexo we bave g ppl® Bpavish character which is fmpacg moro attiactive than we ars seq In bis close contact with the p:::"’:“ ' 1o, lin came to respect 04 admira thory, ary 1 given us excellent reasona for sy a.,;,,}"d b bug Although not himself reliship, epectacle of tue bull-fght, he i.";b::'h" pltsg - it has no more brutalizing effect upon tb‘“sm X iard than the fox-race, tha hom&m,‘ . man-fight buvo upon the Englishmug” " 11 you bad seen_ [he writes after witg tlons] amusement) o motely. crowd of soeil® s 1y, 12,000 men 30d women assemble] neg oD 1% s dome of o Southern sky, snd excited 1o (Lot Aty pitca, yet thoronghly sober. exqutsipay i, bigkel gentlemanly,—sometimes {nciined o ey 208 24 capable neithier of baariag nor of Iaf® e b 4f you had seea that crowd wita every noryd A3 2Rl itafullest extent, and yet without 1§ jamy S riielty cool thiem down L you had adaivad ths s boLstasem bufit Lull-fighters, dressed 2008 aties . a3 to how every musclo and vein of goue b Lodies ; If 50u had Lecome convineed s further from the mind of cither the A § pablic than Letting, * doctoring,” or anyshe.s £ort ; tlat sdmiration of tho tafng 1a g ol 5, Courage, dexterity, and s¥il of tee im0 présence of an {ufuriited beast; end if Srad, 2 the 8ght 18 over, you_had seen that mse py o niting their penny fans, throwing them g, like 80 many peity rock:(a, and joyonaly togeit a8 good and Kindly o 82t of i foe thiey came to Wituead the revolting. sigas Py, 2 ke myself, forget all the crueltivs whpiidel 0, al end traditonal enterainment oo e Tho Spaoish is the most j i o guorant n: Europe, with the exception of T\uhyl::u 'h Danobian Principalities; and et A Ty, thinks the affection, and Sympathy, Mm‘m: eay, of the people atone for their in:ko( edne cation. The family-lifa of the Spasird s g larly affectionate, acd loval, and- happy, n‘n: Spanish woman has, according to ogr 5 beon greatly calomuisted. *You must,” pogy. clarea, *take all tho virtae of the most vy Englishwoman, all the grace and wit of {ho most gracefal and witty Frenchwoman, and a) beauty of the most handsome Italian Nomag, ty !:naka something approachmg tos perfect Span. ish lsdy.” Thatghe has fanits, ha'sdmity, ot coucludes tbat: ) 1 you have sense encugh to admire ful, gracetul, and Witty i, bowsrer phied oy Jour occupation, you are capable of el Bip of 5 being 5 bright and pure 35 a chl s St ety of Spunish girls ‘Bad womeo will give rony o of the bighest enjoyment. Whether 41 o weogy s iu the loug run, and a8 something peraaent s uaatle to tell. Bat. for o whie, the sightef s’ lovely features; tho profusion of their by ot bands almost as'small aa thowe of s baby; thalr mi. iature feet, sometimes quite bare, and scareely sipped into little satin shoes ; their evériasting wattiir . scem all the more captivating to. you betansaof sur profound _consciousness that ¥ou cannot buy chariay. Such # thing 503 young girl marrying x money, or for any socisl considerstion, is Alnort w. kown'ia Spain, - You must win or coquer het e, A young girl marringau old man would be out of tue society of all her frieads, and, rewching iy country-seat of her old, and perhaps luv.n, baraad, rould be soom made 'to fesl Ly erry ey iy and daughter, that they azo more bozat than she. el To this ho adds: . The comparative percentage of professionl £ of gentral locasacss of Morei b vk on Spain toan upy ocher country of Barope. Tobes Br00f of this s, that the so-called demi-monda tr s kept woman, are unknown, even Inet, Tuere are falien women in toe Capital of By, 143 a couple of tL:0 Lirge towna of the Peninsdls; bat (4 total of prostitates thronghout tus s, The- tieve, much under the number we can delly Eestfa one lesding street of Paris, London, or Derlin, Asia conjugal unfaithfulness, 1t will alwsys exist, u kog1s married women snd unmairied men mek logeiier . and 15 long a8 mistakes 1n tho selection of & putze, and misapprebension in the afinities, canc: b avolded; but it preserves sull, among the Moro- Dverian ace, the characterof a'very fare ead ez onal occurfence, and Ls almost BOBAl pesueranice, exclusirely cootned AL Thieblin 'believes that the power of the priesthood over the peopla has forever passed away in Spaln. During the lass ten yeirs, s progress of anti-clerical and anti-raligiout tendencies has been amazing. The churches in Madrid, as well as in the provinces, are now quite deserted. The scarcity of men attending ugs cvan, on high church-festivals, is notable. But superstition is by no means decressiog as Tapidly s bigotry, nor aro the people prepared for the introducticn of Protestantiem. A Latin raco will never be sstisfied with the cold forms of Protestant worship ; and the religions eero- wonies which are retained by them aftsr s de vout faith in their efficacy has ceased to exish will ever partake of the warmth and the spler dor of the Cathohg ritual. Even in guch a serious matter sas law-emit the Frenchman refuses to lodk st the matier with bocoming gravity, One Boucanon, s rosd- laborer, was Bucd by Masdame Pastonresn for 1,000 francs, being the value she placed ona tabby cat, said to have been killed by the de- fendant. The evidence against him was sum- med up in this way: Inorderto celebrate his aunt's birthdsyins becoming manner, he bad purchzsed & ¢ auperb beef-steak,” and left it on the table. Coming home tocook it, he observed a cat just finishing a meal off his * superb beel- steak.” Naturally incensed, ha slew the treach- orous beast with a bottle He i this much, and offered to give s plaintiff 15,000 cats and a fow acreech-owls 0 boot, for 1,000 france. It was farthershown that & cat's skin Iy in the defendsnt’s yard 224 this seemed to settle the matter. A forunste arcumstance saved him. Said he, “Igotmsd, and gave him a blow on the head.” Quoth she, “Don’t sy *him’; it was s she-cat"; snd ber “)adame, I did not look to seo if thecstwad oneof your own sex.” This offered s clowto the matter. An Inspector of Police was st &0 Boncsnon’s house with orders to bringin e body of that eat. It was manifestly of tbe sterner sex, and the plaintitf was noa-suited The London (Eng.) Telegraph pays the Ml tary Academy at West Pointa very high tribuia of praise in noticing the fact thst the Cw dian Government contemplaten the speedy inate tution of » military academy at Kingaton. Toié aetion has been taken upon the recommendstion of Lieut.-Col Fletcher, now serving as Militst7 Secretary to the Governor-General of Cansdh who waa detailed to inspect Wess Poiot. The Telegraph says : Weare happy to perceive that our Canadies (7% lubjacum:nizto to the advantages West Pint It ir nel thst conferred upon theéir neighbors; for & i certsin BB%, there is much lesa disparity between the two pflg glish-spealding peoples which divide the North AREL can continent than betwoen eithar of ‘them 300 5% Turopesn State, Pur theso reasons 1t is (3 betie? West Point shonld be an object for Canadian mbfl"m S than Woolwich, Baumar, or tpandau. Waat the/ tery Atadermy on tha Ludson naw done for the Usixd Staten 1nay L poe from Col. Flricher's ropart 20050 tlisn from the writings f every foreign ocer O T1 visited and given the world the beneft of hiz ments upon it, Snffice it to say that st the of the Civil War *those on boils sides who i name in lin istory h‘{'fi’w?g& oy A ceived their training st the Academy. Fletcner’s words, nor would i be easy o wrls 3 W¥ ter-deserved eulogy. o' Al TAPSOTER s, All matters in connection with the d,m: the settlors in the Yosomite Valley set % longth to bave been sottled. The Genersl Go7 ernment, it will bo remembored, gave ths “ the Mariposa grove of big trees to the Siate i Californis for » national park. Hutching® 'fn others who had settled there claimed & porto? of the valley by right of pre-amption and 0% pancy. The lest California Legislature sPFF> priated $60,000 to pay theclaims of theaess i “The value of tho property Wad 3| % 7 commissioners specially sppointed fo!_fl:p-?&‘_ pose. After visiting the valloy and givisB subject their strictest attention, the ol sioners submitted a minority aad 3 rgulodvfi port to the State Bosrd of z;m;n Btate Board, after taking the testmon) to Hulchings $24,000 ;; Black, tm.ow;l-“;: $12,000; and Folsom, $3,000;” in sll 435/ This wondarfal region has, therafore, DU tho property of the nation mdar tho guastie” ship ot the Btate of Califarnia, sod Wil ‘Wi‘i S R